Lexi Thompson rolling two days into first stage of LPGA Q-school

Coral Springs’ teenager Lexi Thompson seems to have snapped out of her summer-long funk just in time.

Thompson carded a 66 for the second straight day during LPGA qualifying school to sit 12-under par and currently three shots clear of the field. (Click here for live scoring.)

Thompson, 16 and two years below the LPGA’s minimum age requirement, is in the field because LPGA Commissioner Michael Whan granted her an age exemption earlier this month.

To make the most of it, Thompson has overcome jet lag and a stretch of inconsistent play to play some of her best golf in awhile, on the Champions Course at LPGA International in Daytona Beach.

Barring barring illness, injury or a complete collapse during the next two days, Thompson will advance. But a long road remains ahead.

The top third of the 150-player field advance to Q-school’s second stage, scheduled for Sept. 27-30 at Plantation Golf and Country Club in Venice.

The five-round final stage will return to LPGA International in Daytona Beach on Nov. 30-Dec. 4.

Thompson should have an excellent chance to earn her tour card if she’s found her game this week.

On Sunday, she hinted better days where ahead, with a 68 during the fourth round of the Evian Masters to tie for 31st place.

Thompson’s final round in France was her first competitive round in the 60s in nearly three months and first made cut in four starts.

Thompson shared the 54-hole lead on May 1 at the Avent LPGA Classic after a third-round 67. She was positioned to become the youngest winner in LPGA history, but a back-nine collapse dropped her all the way into a tie for 19th and began a poor stretch of play.

But for two days on the central Florida coast, Thompson, winner of the 2008 U.S. Girls’ Junior and once the nation’s top-ranked amateur, has shown to be one of the up-and-coming talents in women’s golf and worthy of Whan’s decision.

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